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CONSTITUTION 


OF    THE 

Chicago  Literary  Club; 

Adopted  March  6,   1876, 
WITH 

LIST    OF    OFFICERS 

AND 

SCHEMES  OF  EXERCISES 
From  Date  of  Organization,  April  21,   1874, 

AND 

Prksent  Roll  of  Members. 


'       CHICAGO: 
FERGUS   PRINTING   COMPANY, 
244-8  Illinois  Street. 

1879. 


CONSTITUTION. 


ARTICLE    I. 

THE   NAME. 
HE    name  of  this  association  shall  be  the 

ithicago  Literary  iClub. 


ARTICLE    II. 

THE   OBJECT. 

The  object  of  this  Club  shall  be  social,  literary 
and  aesthetic  culture. 

ARTICLE     III. 

THE    MEMBERS. 

Section  i.  There  shall  be  two  classes  of  mem- 
bers, Regular  members,  and  Honorary  members. 

Sec.  2.  Members  may  be  elected  at  the  fourth 
regular  meeting  of  the  month,  provided  the  candi- 
date shall  have  been  nominated  by  the  Committee 
on  Officers  and  Members  within  the  two  months 
next  preceding,  and  his  name  and  those  of  his  pro- 
posers shall  have  been  posted  in  the  Club  rooms  for 
two  regular  meetings  before  the  ballot  is  taken. 


6  Constitution. 

Sec.  3.  Application  for  membership  shall  be  in 
writing  and  signed  by  three  members  of  the  Club. 
The  application  shall  state,  in  the  blank  form  fur- 
nished by  the  committee,  the  candidates  place  of 
nativity,  age,  occupation,  general  qualifications,  if  a 
graduate  of  a  college,  the  name  of  the  college  and 
year  of  graduation,  and  that  the  proposers  believe 
that  the  candidate  desires  to  become  a  member  of 
the  Club.  Before  the  ballot  is  taken,  not  more  than 
three  persons  shall  speak  in  favor  of  the  candidate. 
The  name  shall  be  passed  if  no  one  of  the  proposers 
be  present,  or  if  any  of  the  proposers  shall  so  re- 
quest. 

Sec.  4.  The  election  of  members  shall  be  by 
secret  ballot,  and  three  blackballs  shall  prevent  an 
election,  provided  that  in  case  more  than  thirty  bal- 
lots are  cast,  one  blackball  for  every  ten  ballots  and 
one  for  any  fraction  of  ten,  shall  be  necessary  to 
prevent  an  election;  and  no  candidate  who  has  been 
rejected  shall  be  proposed  for  membership  within 
three  months  after  such  rejection. 

Sec.  5.  Before  taking  his  seat,  each  member 
elect  shall  signify  his  acceptance  in  writing  to  the 
Recording  Secretary,  and  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer 
five  dollars,  which  shall  be  his  dues  for  the  four- 
months'  term  in  which  he  is  elected.  The  election 
of  a  new  member,  who  does  not  qualify  within  two 
months  after  he  has  been  notified  of  the  same  by 
the  Secretary,  shall  be  void. 


Chicago  Literary  Club.         7 

Sec.  6.  The  annual  dues  of  members  shall  be 
fifteen  dollars,  payable  in  advance,  in  three  equal  in- 
stallments, namely,  on  the  first  days  of  June,  October, 
and  February. 

Sec.  7.  Membership  may  be  terminated  as  fol- 
lows: 

(i.)  By  voluntary  resignation,  provided  that  the 
member  resigning  has  paid  all  his  dues  to  the  Club, 
and  is  in  good  standing. 

(2.)  By  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  Committee  on 
Rooms  and  Finance,  in  case  a  member  has  failed  to 
pay  his  dues  for  two  months  after  the  same  are  pay- 
able, and  notice  of  such  arrears  has  been  sent  by 
mail  to  his  usual  place  of  address  at  least  one  week 
before  such  action  on  the  part  of  said  committee— 
except  in  case  of  the  absence  of  such  member  from 
the  city  during  the  whole  of  the  two  months  afore- 
said. 

(3.)  By  vote  of  three-fourths  of  the  regular  mem- 
bers present  at  any  regular  meeting  for  business, 
provided  that  at  the  previous  business  meeting  there 
shall  have  been  a  motion  regularly  made  and  sec- 
onded, with  reasons  given,  that  the  name  of  the 
designated  member  be  dropped  from  the  rolls. 

Sec.  8.  Honorary  members  shall  be  elected  like 
Regular  members,  but  shall  be  exempt  from  active 
duties  and  the  payment  of  annual  dues.  Members 
removing  their  residence  from  the  city  and  vicinitv, 


8  Constitution. 

who  are  in  good  standing  and  have  paid  all  their 
dues  to  the  Club,  shall  be  enrolled  as  Honorary 
members. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

OFFICERS. 
Section  i.  The  officers  of  the  Club  shall  be  a 
President,  as  many  Vice-Presidents  as  Standing 
Committees,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  and  a  Re- 
cording Secretary,  who  shall  also  act  as  Treasurer. 
The  Chairman  of  each  Standing  Committee  shall  be 
a  Vice-President. 

Sec.  2.  These  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot, 
on  the  second  Monday  of  June  in  each  year,  or  in, 
case  of  a  failure  then  to  elect,  as  soon  thereafter  as 
shall  be  practicable.  At  the  business  meeting  next 
preceding,  the  Committee  on  Officers  and  Members 
shall  submit  their  regular  nominations  for  all  the 
offices  to  be  filled ;  and  thereupon  any  member  or 
members  of  the  Club  may  make  one  or  more  nomi- 
nations in  opposition  to  those  of  said  committee. 
The  election  shall  be  according  to  common  usage. 
The  candidates  for  whom  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  be  cast  respectively,  shall  be  declared  elected. 
A  special  election  may  be  ordered  at  any  business 
meeting  to  fill  a  vacancy. 

Sec.  3.     The   officers  of   the   Club  shall   perform 
such  duties  as  are  implied   by  their  respective  titles, 


Chicago  Literary  Club.         q 

and  such  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Constitution. 
Sec.  4.  The  officers  of  the  Club  shall  constitute 
an  Executive  Board  for  the  transaction  of  all  busi- 
ness not  committed  to  an\'  Standing  or  Special  Com- 
mittee, and  for  the  general  management  of  the  affairs 
of  the  Club.  Three  members  of  the  Executive  Board 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness. 

A  R  T  I  C  L  E    V. 

STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

Section  i.  The  Standing  Committees  of  the 
Club  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  On  Nomination  of  Officers  and  Members. 

2.  On  Arrangements  and  Exercises. 

3.  On  Rooms  and  Finance. 

Sec.  2.  Each  Standing  Committee  shall  consist 
oi"  a  Chairman  and  four  other  members,  who  shall  be 
elected  by  the  Club  at  the  annual  meeting  on  the 
second  Monday  in  June. 

Sec.  3.  The  several  Standing  Committees  shall 
perform  the  duties  implied  by  their  respective  titles, 
and  such  other  duties  as  may  be  specially  imposed 
upon  them  by  the  Club. 

Sec.  4.  The  Committee  on  Rooms  and  Finance 
shall  have  charge  of  the  Club  rooms,  and  shall  restrict 
the  expenses  of  the  Club  to  its  income. 


lO"  ^Constitution. 

ARTICLE    VI. 

MEETINGS. 
Section  i.  Regular  meetings  of  the  Club  shall 
be  held  on  every  Monday  evening  in  the  year,  except 
in  the  months  of  July,  August  and  September,  and 
the  exercises  of  each  meeting  shall  be  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  Committee  on  Arrangements  and  Ex- 
ercises. The  first  and  third  meetings  of  the  month 
shall  be  for  literary  exercises.  The  second  meeting 
shall  be  for  conversation  and  entertainments,  of  which 
written  papers  shall  form  no  part.  The  fourth  meet- 
ing shall  be  devoted  to  the  business  of  the  Club  and 
the  election  of  members,  at  which  meeting  there  shall 
be  a  collation.  The  fifth  meeting  (if  any)  of  the 
month  shall  be  for  social  purposes  and  such  other  en- 
tertainments as  may  be  provided  by  the  committee 
in  charge.  Persons  not  residing  in  Chicago  or  vicin- 
it\^  may  be  present  at  meetings  of  the  Club,  upon  the 
invitation  of  a  member;  but  no  member  shall  be  at 
liberty  to  give  such  invitation  to  a  resident  of  Chicago 
or  vicinity. 

Sec.  2.  Additional  meetings  may  be  ordered  by 
the  Club,  or  called  by  the  President,  as  occasion  may 
require. 

Sec.  3.  The  order  of  proceedings  at  the  regular 
meetings  of  the  Club,  unless  otherwise  specially  pro- 
vided, shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  President. 


Chicago    Literary    Club.  -j  j 

ARTICLE    VII. 

LITERARY     EXERCISES. 

Section  i.  The  literary  exercises  in  general  shall 
not  continue  more  than  one  hour. 

Sec.  2.  The  essayist  shall  select  his  own  subject 
and  be  free  to  express  any  opinions  whatsoever 
thereon. 

Sec.  3.  The  Club,  as  such,  shall  express  no  opin- 
ions in  religion,  politics,  social  science,  political  econ- 
omy, or  any  other  subject.  It  shall  not  by  vote 
endorse  or  condemn  any  paper  that  may  be  read,  or 
views  that  may  be  expressed  by  any  member.  No 
paper  at  the  time  it  is  read  shall  be  open  to  adverse 
criticism  in  the  Club. 

Sec.  4.  The  Committee  on  Arrangements  and 
Exercises  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  meeting  of  the 
Club  in  the  Autumn,  prepare  and  print  a  scheme  of 
exercises,  with  the  dates  and  the  names  of  the  readers 
and  the  editors  for  the  whole  season.  The  subject  of 
each  essayist  shall  be  announced  at  the  meeting  next 
preceding. 

ARTICLE     VIII. 

A   QUORUM. 

Twenty  regular  members  of  the  Club  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business;    but  a 


12  Constitution. 

less  number  shall  have  power  to  adjourn   from  time 
to  time. 

ARTICLE     IX. 

AMENDMENTS. 
The  Constitution  may  be  amended  at  any  business 
meeting  by  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  pres- 
ent, provided  that  the  proposed  amendment  shall 
have  been  submitted  to  the  Club  at  the  business  meet- 
ing next  preceding. 


Chicago  Literary  Club. 

List  of  Officers 

From  the  date  of  Organizatiox,  April  21,    1874. 


1874. 

.^RESIDENT: 

ROBERT  COLLYER. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

JOHX  A.  JAMESON,  DAVID  SWING,  JAS.  R.  DOOLITTLE. 

TREASURER: 
WILLIAM  F.   COOLBAUGH. 
CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY:         RECORDING  SECRETARY. 

HORATIO  N.   POWERS.  EDWARD  G.  MASON. 

COMMITTEES: 

OX    OFFICERS   AND    MEMBERS: 

JOHN  A.  JAMESON,        THOMAS  S.  CHARD.        DANIEL  L.   SHOREY, 

JOSIAH  L.   PICKARD,         CHARLES  D.  HELMER. 

OX    ARRAXGEMEXTS    AND    EXERCISES  : 

DAVID  SWING,        WILLIAM  F.  POOLE,         KAUFMAN  KOHLER, 

JOSEPH  HAVEN,         WILLIAM  MATHEWS. 

OX    ROOMS    AXD    FIXANCE: 

JAMES  R.  DOOLITTLE,      JOHN  C.  BURROUGHS,      HENRY  BOOTH, 

FRANKLIN  MACVEAGH,        ALEXANDER  C.  McCLURG. 

1874-5. 

PRESIDENT: 

ROBERT  COLLYER. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS: 

JOHN  A.  JAMESON,  DAVID  SW^ING,  DANIEL  L.  SHOREY, 

TREASURER: 
FRANKLIN    MACVEAGH. 
CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY:         RECORDING  SECRETARY: 

HORATIO  N.   POWERS.  EDWARD  G.   MASON. 

COMMITTEES: 

OX    OFFICERS   AND    MEMBERS: 

JOHN  A.  JAMESON,   HOSMER  A.  JOHNSON,  CHARLES  D.  HELMER, 

LEANDER  T.   CHAMBERLAIN,  JOSIAH  L.   PICKARD. 

OX    ARRANGEMENTS    AND    EXERCISES: 

DAVID  SWING,  WILLIAM   F.   POOLE.  GEORGE  HOWLAND, 

MINOT  J.  SAVAGE,  WILLIAM  E.   FURNESS. 

OX    ROOMS    AND    FIXAXCE: 

DANIEL  L.   SHOREY,    ALEX.   C.   McCLURG,    WILLIAM  E    DOGGETT, 

JOSEPH  E.  LOCKWOOD,         HENRY  S.  BROWN. 


14  ListofOfficers. 

1875-6. 

t  PRESIDENT: 

CHARLES  B.  LAWRENCE. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS: 
HENRY  BOOTH,     WM.   F.   POOLE,     DANIEL  L.   SHOREY. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 
HORATIO  N.   POWERS. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER: 
EDWARD  G.  MASON. 

COMMITTEES: 

ON    OFFICERS    AND    MEMBERS: 

HENRY  BOOTH,    JAS.  R.  DOOLITTLE,     ALEXANDER  C.  McCLURG, 

MOSES  L.   SCUDDER,  Jr.,         HENRY  D.  LLOYD. 

ON    ARRANGEMENTS    AND    EXERCISES  : 

WILLIAM  F.  POOLE,    KAUFMAN  KOHLER,    WILLIAM  E.  FURNESS, 

CHARLES  A.  WENDTE,        ALFRED  B.  MASON. 

ON    ROOMS   AND    FINANCE: 

DANIEL  L.  SHOREY,    FRANKLIN  MACVEAGH,    EDW'D  S.  WATERS, 

JOHN  L.  PATTERSON,        WILLIAM  M.  R.   FRENCH. 


1876-7. 

PRESIDENT: 
HOSMER  A.  JOHNSON. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS: 
EDW'D  G.  MASON,  W^M.  F.   POOLE,  DANIEL  L.   SHOREY, 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 
LEANDER  T.   CHAMBERLAIN. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER: 
WM.  ELIOT  FURNESS. 

COMMITTEES: 

ON    OFFICERS    AND    MEMBERS: 

EDWARD  G.  MASON,    EDWIN  C    LARNED,    EDWARD  S.  STICKNEY, 

GEORGE  C.  CLARKE,        HUNTINGTON  W.  JACKSON. 

ON    ARRANGEMENTS    AND    E.XERCISES : 

WILLIAM   F.   POOLE,  HORACE  WHITE,        JOSEPH  B.   LEAKE, 

JOSEPH  KIRKLAND.         ISAAC  N.  ARNOLD. 

ON    ROOMS    AND    FINANCE: 

DANIEL  L.   SHOREY,    EDW'D  S.  WATERS,    FRANKLIN  MACVEAGH. 

JOHN  G    SHORTALL,        GEORGE  SCHNEIDER. 


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Chicago   Literary    Club. 
1877-8. 

•      PRESIDENT: 
DANIEL  L.   SHOREY. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS: 
JOHN  CRERAR,     CHARLES  G.  SMITH,    JAMES  L.   HIGH. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 
JAMES  N.   HYDE. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER: 
\VM.   ELIOT  FURXESS. 

COMMITTEES: 

ON    OFFICERS   AND    MEMBERS: 

JOHN  CRERAR,        WILLIAM  H.  CLARKE,        EZRA  B.  McCAGG, 

JAMES  S.  NORTON,        JAMES  A.  HUNT. 

ON   ARRANGEMENTS   AND   EXERCISES  : 

CHARLES  G.  SMITH,      HENRY  H.  BABCOCK,     BROOKE  HERFORD, 

HENRY  A.  HUNTINGTON,        WILLIAM  J.  PETRIE. 

ON    ROOMS   AND   FINANCE: 

JAMES  L.  HIGH,        MURRY  NELSON,        PETER  B.  WIGHT, 

WILLIAM  MACDONELL,        GEORGE  E.  ADAMS. 


1878-9. 


PRESIDENT: 
EDWARD  G.  MASON. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS: 

WILLIAM  F.   POOLE, 

THOMAS  F.  WITHROW,         HUNTINGTON  W.  JACKSON. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 
BROOKE  HERFORD. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER: 
WM.   ELIOT  FURNESS. 

COMMITTEES: 

ON    OFFICERS    AND    MEMBERS: 

WILLIAM  F.  POOLE,        HENRY  W.  BISHOP       GEORGE  C.  CLARKE, 

OWEN  F.  ALOIS,         HENRY  STRONG. 

ON    ARRANGEMENTS    AND    EXERCISES: 

THOMAS  F.  WITHROW,    GEORGE  HOWLAND,    SAMUEL  S.   HARRIS, 

WILLIAM  MACDONELL,        ABRAM  M.  PENCE. 

ON    ROOMS    AND    FINANCE: 

HUNTINGTON  W.  JACKSON,  ROB'T  T.  LINCOLN,  JOHN  M.  CLARK, 

ALEXANDER  C.  McCLURG,        BENJAMIN  M.  WILSON. 


Chicago    Literary    Clue. 


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Schemes  of  Exercises. 


The  Chicago  Litf.rarv  Club  was  organized  April  21,  1874,  when 
a  Constitution  and  Code  of  By-Laws  were  adopted  and  officers  were 
elected.  Several  preliminary  conferences  of  the  original  members  were 
held  during  the  same  and  the  preceding  month.  A  new  Constitution 
was  adopted,  March  6,  1876. 

The  first  regidar  meeting  of  the  Club,  after  its  organization,  was  held 
May  4,  1874,  at  the  Sherman  House,  where  the  meetings  were  contin- 
ued until  November  22,  1875,  when  the  Club  occupied  its  own  rooms 
at  No    74  Monroe  street. 

The  following  are  the  Schemes  of  Exercises  in  the  Club  from  May  4, 
1874,  to  the  present  time: 

1874. 

May  4.  Plan  of  Literary  Exercises  reported  attd  adopted. 

May  18.  Essay,  by  Leander  T,  Chamberlain. 

^//(^'evY.'— "  Physical  Pain;  its  Nature  and  the  Law 
of  its  Distribution." 

Tune  I.  Election  of  Officers. 

June  15.  Annual  Dinner,  and  Inaugural  Address  hy  Robert 

CoLLYER,  President  elect. 


1874-5. 

October  19.  Essay,  by  Kai'FMAN  Kohler. 

J«^>Y.-— "Myths  and  Miracles." 

November  3.  Essay,  by  William  M.a.thews. 

Subject: — "Thomas  De  Quincey. " 

November  16.       Essay,  by  Horace  W.  S.  Cleveland. 

Subject: — "The  Artistic  Decoration  and  Improve- 
ment of  our  Streets." 

December  7.  Informal,  Horatio  N.  Powers,  Editor. 

December  21.       Essay,  by  Charles  D.  Helmer. 
Subject : — "  The  Ring. " 

January  4.  Essay,  by  Robert  Hervey. 

Subject: — "The    Cenius  and    Character  of  Walter 
Scott." 


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Schemes  of  Exercies. 


January  i8.  Essay,  by  Simeon  Gilbert. 

Subject: — "  The  Newspaper. " 

February  i.  Essay,  by  George  B.  Smith. 

Subject : — "  Was  Lord  Bacon  the  Author  of  Shak- 
spere?" 

February  15.         Essay,  by  Charles  C.  Bonxey. 

Subject: — "American  Antiquities. " 

March  I.  Essay,  by  Edward  G.  Mason. 

Subject: — "Arthur  Hugh  Clough." 

March  15.  Essay,  by  John  A.  Jameson. 

Subject: — "Culture  and  Professional  Life." 

April  5.  Essay,  by  Joseph  Kirkland. 

Subject: — "Travel  and  Travelers." 

April  19,  Essay,  by  William  F.  Poole. 

Subject: — "  The  Origin  and  Secret  History  of  the 
the  Ordinance  of  1787." 

May  3.  Essay,  by  Moses  L.  Scudder,  Jr. 

Subject: — "Method  in  Political  Economy." 

May  17.  Essay,  by  Henry  Booth. 

Subject: — "Evidences  of   the    Resun-ection  ex- 
amined. " 

June  7.  Annual  Election  of  Officers. 

June  21.  Annual  Dinner,  and  Inaugural  Address  by  Charles 

B.  Lawrence,  President  elect. 

1875-6. 

October  4.  Informal,  Horatio  N.  Powers,  Editor. 

October  18.  Essay,  by  William  Macdonell. 

Subjt  ct .-— "  Wordsworth. ' ' 

November  i.  Essay,  by  Charles  W.  Wendte. 

Subject: — "Church  and  State." 

November  15.       Essay,  by  James  R.  Doolittle,  Jr. 
Sjilject: — "  Chaucer." 

December  6.  Informal,  Joseph  Kirkland,  Editor, 

December  20.       Essay,  by  Isaac  N.  Arnold. 

Subject: — "James  Fenimore  Cooper." 


Chicago    Literary    Club. 


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January  3.  Essay,  by  Edward  S.  Waters. 

Subject: — "The  Pottery  of  the  Renaissance." 

January  17.  Essay,  by  Daniel  L.  Shorey. 

Subject: — "Recent  English  Legislation." 

February  3.  Informal,  W.M.  Eliot  Furness,  Editor. 

February  21.         Essay,  hy  ]oYi's  (Z.  Patterson. 

Subject: — "American  Humorists." 

March  6.  Essay,  by  Henry  B.  Mason. 

Subject:—'' An  Old  Picture." 

March  1 1.  Conversation,  Edwin  C.  Earned,  Leader. 

Subject: — "The  Influence  of  Modern  Fiction." 

March  18.  Essay,  by  Joseph  B.  Leake. 

Subject: — "Observations  on  the  Common  Law." 

March  25.  Business  and  Collation. 

April  I.  Injormai,  Abram  M.  Pence,  Editor. 

April  8.  Conversation,  W.  L.  Fawcett,  Leadei 

Subject: — "The  Press,  its  Function  and  Influence." 

April  15,  Essay,  by  Horace  White. 

Subject: — "  Financial  Crises. " 

April  22.  Busiuess  and  Collation. 

April  19.  Essay,  by  Henry  H.  Babcock. 

Subject: — "  Plant  Culture.  " 

May  6.  Essay,  by  William  J.  Petrie. 

Subject: — "A   Student    of    Comparative    Theology 
Two  Hundred  Years  ago." 

May  13.  Conversation,  ALFRED  B.  [NIason,  Leader. 

Subject: — "Public  and  Private  Charities;  their  Uses 
and  Abuses. " 

May  20.  Essay,  by  Hosmer  A.  Johnson. 

Subject: — "Life;  what  do  we  know  about  it?" 

May  27.  Essay,  by  Wm.  M.  R.  French. 

Subject: — "Chalk  vs.  Talk,  with  Illustrations." 

June  3.  InJ'ormal,  John  C.  Burroughs,  Editor. 

June  10.  Annual  Election.  ,  ^ 


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jivae  17. 

June  21. 

October  2. 
October  9. 
October  16. 

October  23. 
October  30. 

November  6. 
November  13. 

November  20. 

November  27. 
December  4. 

December  1 1. 

December  iS. 

January  8. 

January  22. 
January  29. 
February  5. 


Schemes  of  E^ x e r c i e s. 

Coui't'isation,  Daniel  L.  Shorf.v,  Leader. 
Subject: — "Civil  Service  Reform." 

Animal  Diinier  a)id  Inaugural  Address,  by  Hosmkr 
A.  Johnson,  President  elect 

1876-7. 

Essay,  by  Alfred  B.  Mason. 

Subject: — "The  Abolition  of  Poverty." 

Conversation,  Daniel  L.  Shorev,  Leader. 
Subject: — "The  Restoration  of  Specie  Basis." 

Essay,  by  Brooke  Herford. 

Subject: — "The  Need  of  more   Rest   in   American 
Life. " 

Business  and  Collatioii. 

Essay,  by  W.M.  ^L  R.  French. 

Subject: — Graphic  Art;  with  Ilkislrations. 

Informal,  James  S.'  Norton,  Editor. 

Con-'ersation,  Horace  White,  Leader. 

Subject: — "The  Centenary  of  Adam  Smith." 

Essay,  by  John  J.  Lalor. 
Subject: — "  Population.  " 

Business  and  Collation. 

Essay,  by  Henry  A.  HuNTiNCiTON. 
Subject: — "A  Neglected  Author." 

Conversation,  Wm.  H.  Ryder,  Leader. 
Subject: — "The  American  Public  School." 

Essay,  by  Robert  Colly er. 

Subject: — "The  Compliments  of  the  Sea>on." 

Essay,  l)y  Peter  B.  Wright. 

Subject: — The  Practice  of   Architecture   as  a   Fine 
Art." 

Informal,  Thomas  S.  Chard,  Editor. 

Business  and  Collation. 

Essay,  by  WiLLIAM  Mathews. 
Subject : — "  Sainte- Beuve. " 


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February  12. 

February  I'j. 

February  26. 
March  5. 

March  12. 

March  ly. 
March  26. 
April  2. 

April  9. 

April  16. 

April  23. 
April  30. 
May  7. 

May  14. 

May  21. 

May  28. 
June  4. 

June  1 1. 
June  18. 

June  25. 


Conversation,  Daniel  L.  Shorey,  Leader. 
Subject: — "The  Government  of  Large  Cities." 

Essay,  by  Edward  S.  Isham. 

Subject: — "  Proudhon  as  a  Social   Phenomenon.  " 

Business  and  Collation. 

Essay,  by  Charles  Oilman  Smith. 

Subject: — "  The  Physical  Basis  of  Character. " 

Conversation,  GEORGE  Howland,  Leader. 
Subject: — "The  American  College." 

Informal,  John  Crerar,  Editor. 

Business  and  Collation. 

Essay,  by  James  Nevins  Hyde. 
Subject: — "The  African  Republic." 

Conversation,  Ezra  B.  McCago,  Leader. 
Subject: — "  Literary  Men  in  Politics. " 

Essay,  by  John  J.  Schobinger. 
Subject: — "  Glaciers  and  Climate. " 

Bjisiness  and  Collation. 

Social. 

Essay,  by  Edward  G.  As  ay. 
Subject:— ""  The  Bibliopole.  " 

Conversation,  \Vm.  F.  Poole,  Leader. 

Subject: — "  The  Opportunities  of  the  Man  of  Means 
and  Leisure. " 

Informal,  HoMER  N.  Hibbard,  Editor. 

Business  and  Collation. 

Essay,  by  Horace  W.  S.  Cleveland. 

Subject: — "Literary  Culture  in  a  Business  Commu- 
nity. " 

Annual  Election. 

Essay,  by  Joseph  B.  Leake. 
Subject: — "  Eastern  Highways.  " 

A>inual  Dinner  and  Inaugural  Address,  liy  Daniel 
L.  Shorey,  President  elect. 


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Schemes  of  Exercies. 


1877-8. 

October  i.  Essay,  by  James  S.  Jewell. 

Subject: — "  The  Present  Condition  of  the  Darwinian 
Theory. " 

October  8.  Conversation,  Brooke  Herford,  Leader. 

Subject: — "The    Labor    Troubles,    recent    and  tc 
come. " 

October  15.  Informal,  Samuel  Appleton,  Editor. 

October  22.  Business  and  Collation. 

October  29.  Reception.     Essay,  by  Edward  S.  Waters. 

Subject: — "The  South  Kensington  :Museum,"  Illus- 
trated by  Stereoptic  Views. 

November  5.         Essay,  by  Henry  A.  Huntington. 

Subject: — "A  Predecessor  of  Tennyson." 

November  12.       Conversation,  John  N.  Je\\ett,  Leader. 
Subject: — "  Newspaper  Literature.  " 

November  19.       Informal,  Benj.  I\L  Wilson,  Editor. 

November  26.       Business  and  Collation. 

December  3.        Essay,  by  Franklin  Denison. 
Subject:— ''K  New  Epic." 

December  10.        Conversation,  Samuel  S.  Harris,  Leader. 
Subject: — "  European  Races  in  America. " 

December  17.       Essay,  by  Charles  A.  Gregory. 
Subject:— ''T\\^  History  of  it." 

January  7.  Essay,  by  Henry  W.  Raymond. 

Subject: — "The  History  of  a  Miniature  Republic." 

January  14.  Conversation,  Trowbridge  B.  Forbush,  Leader. 

Stibject: — "The  Cause  and  Cure  of  Pauperism." 

January  21.  Informal,  John  Wilkinson,  Editor. 

January  28.  Business  and  Collation. 

February  4.  Essay,  by  William  :\L\cdonell. 

Subject: — "  Utilitarianism.  " 

February  11.  Conversation,  Jasies  S.  Norton,  Leader. 

Subject: — "  Relations  of  the  Legal  Profession  to  the 
I'ublic. " 


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February  iS.         Informal,  John  G.  vShor'I'ALL,  Editor. 

February  25.         Business  and  Collation. 

March  4.  Essay,  by  Walter  C.  Larned. 

Subject: — "  The  Devil  in  Literature. " 

March  11.  Conveisction,  Ezra  B.  McCagg,  Leader. 

:"  'hject: — "  What  Knowledge  is  of  most  Worth.  " 

March  iS.  Jn/o7-inal,]o?,¥.v\i  Kirkland,  Editor. 

March  25.  Business  and  Collation. 

April  I.  Essay,  by  Horatio  L.  Wait. 

Subject:— '■'Mirlh..'''' 

April  8.  Conversation,  Thomas  F.  Withrow,  Leader. 

Subject: — "The  Literature  of  the  Law." 

April  15.  Infortnal,  John  Crerar,  Editor. 

April  22.  Business  and  Collation. 

April  29.  Reception.     Essay  by  WiLLlAM  H.  Clarke.  " 

Subject: — "  Recollections  of  some  Literary  Women 
Who  have  Visited  Chicago. " 

May  6.  Essay,  by  Edward  F.  Williams. 

Subject: — "The  Outlook  for  Russia." 

May  13.  Conversation,  Henry  Strong,  Leader. 

Subject: — "The  Defects  in  American  Public  Educa- 
cation. " 

May  20.  Conversation,  Henry  Strong,  Leader. 

Subject: — Continued  from  the  meeting  of  May  I3tx.. 

May  27.  Business  and  Collation. 

June  3.  Essay,  by  James  L.  High. 

^■///y^r/.-—"  A  great  Chancellor.  "  [Lord  Eldon.] 

June  10.  Annual  Election. 

June  17.  Essay,  by  Owen  F.  Aldis. 

Subject: — "  Louis  Napoleon  and  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy. " 

June  24.  Annual  Dinner  and  Inaugural  Address,  by 

Edward  G.  Mason,  President  elect. 


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Schemes  of  Exercises. 


1878-9. 

October  7.  Essay,  by  Augustus  Jacobsox. 

Subject: — "  Birth  and  Training.  " 

Octolter  14.  Conversation,  Henry  H.  Bahcock,  Leader. 

Subject: — "  What  should  l)e  the  Limits  of  Free  Edu- 
cation furnished  l)y  the  State?" 

October  21.  In/orinal,  Joseph  Kirkland,  Editor. 

Octol)er  28.  Business  and  Collation. 

Novemljer  4.         Essay,  by  Walter  C.  Earned. 
Subject:—''  Will  o'  the  Wisps. " 

November  11.        Conversation,  Wileiam  F.  Poole,  Leader. 

Subject: — "The    Mission    and  Function  of   Lul)]ic 
Libraries. " 

November  18.       Informal,  Thomas  S.  Chard,  Editor. 

November  25.       Business  and  Collation. 

December  2.         Essay,  by  James  A.  Hunt. 

Subject: — "The  English  in  India." 

December  9.         Essay,  by  Alfred  B.  Mason. 
Subject: — "  Inside  Politics. " 

December  16.       Essay,  by  David  Swing., 

Subject: — "The  Roman  Empire." 

December  23.        Business  and  Collation. 

January  6.  Essay,  by  John  N.  Jewett. 

Subject :—'■' Amtricaxi  College  and   University  Edu- 
cation. " 

January  13.  Conversation,  Alfred  B.  Mason,  Leader. 

Subject. — "  State  Taxation. " 

January  20.  Informal,  Clarence  A.  Burley,  Editor. 

January  27.  Business  and  Collation. 

February  3.  Essay,  by  Edward  S.  Isham. 

Subject: — "Tumulto  dei  Ciompi.  " 

February  10.  Conversation,  BENJAMIN  D.  Magrudkk,  Leader 

Subject: — "  The  Chinese  Question. " 

February  17.  Informal,  William  Mathews,  Editor. 


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February  24.  Busi>iess  and  Collatwn, 

March  3.  Essay,  by  TROWBRIDGE  B.  FORBUSH. 

Subject: — "Education  and  Crime." 

March  10.  Conversation,  Edmund  Andrews,  Leader. 

Subject  ■.—'■'■i:\vQ  Mound  Builders." 

March  17.  Informal,  Huntington  W.  Jackson,  Editor. 

March  24.  Business  and  Collation. 

March  31.  Reception. 

April  7.  Essay,  by  George  L.  Paddock. 

Subject: — "  Historic  Periods  in  European  Culture. " 

April  14.  Convosation,  vSelim  H.  Peabody,  Leader. 

Subject: — "  Utilitarianism  in  Education." 

April  21.  Informal,  Bryan  Lathrop,  Editor. 

April  28.  Business  and  Collation. 

May  5.  Essay,  by  Robert  W.  Patterson,  Jr. 

Subject: — "The    Quarrel    between    Jefferson    and 
Hamilton. " 

May  12.  Conversation,  Wm.  H.  Barnum,  Leader. 

Subject: — "  Trial  by  Jury. " 

May  19.  Informal,  John  Crerar,  Editor. 

May  26.  Business  and  Collation. 

June  2.  Essay,  by  Isaac  N.  Arnold. 

Subject: — "  Personal  Reminiscences  of  Scotland  and 
Anecdotes  of  Scott. " 

June  9.  Annual  Election. 

June  16.  Essay,  by  Thomas  W.  Grover. 

Subject: — "The  New  American." 

June  23.  Conversation,  Benjamin  F.  Ayer,  Leader. 

Subject : — Railways. " 

June  30.  Inaugural  Address,  by  the  President  elect 


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HONORARY   MEMBERS. 


S.  W.  Andrew,  Boston,  Mass. 

J.  W.  Andrews, 

\V.  A.  Bartlett,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

A.  Brooks,  N.  Y.  City. 

H.  S.  Brown,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

L.  T.  Chamberlain,  Norwich,  Ct. 

E.  C.  Clarke,  Boston,  Mass. 

L.  Dyer,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

J.  W.  Forsyth,  U.  S.  Army. 

G.  P.  A.  Healy,  Paris,  France. 


C.  D,   Helmer,  Brooklyn,  X.  Y. 
R.  H.  Mason,  Butte  City,  Mon. 
L.  Mass,  Bloomington,  Ind. 
H.  N.  Powers,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
M.  J.  Savage,  Boston,  Mass. 
G.  B.    Smith,  Madison,  \Vis. 
H.  W.  Thomas,  Am-ora,  111. 
C.  W.  Wendte,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
S.  H.  \VheeIer,  N.  Y.  City. 
Horace  \Vhite,  N.  Y.  City. 


REGULAR  MEMBERS. 


October,  r,  iS-3. 


Charles  Adams, 
George  E.  Adams, 
Joseph  Adams, 
Owen  F.  Aldis, 
Edmund  Andrews, 
Samuel  Appleton, 
Isaac  N.  Arnold, 
Edward  G.  Asay, 
Benjamin  F.  Ayer, 
Henry  H.  Babcock, 
Henry  C.  Bannard, 
William  H.  Barnum, 
Cecil  Barnes, 
Henry  W.  Bishop, 
Timothy  B.  Blackstone, 


Samuel  Bliss, 
Charles  C.  Bonney, 
Henry  Booth, 
Edward  O.  Brown, 
Clarence  A.  Burley, 
John  C.  Burroughs, 
George  C.  Campbell, 
Thomas  S.  Chard, 
John  M.  Clark, 
George  C.  Clarke, 
Horace  W.  S.  Cleveland, 
Robert  Collyer, 
John  Crerar, 
Albert  M.  Day, 
Franklin  Denison, 


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Regular  Members. 


Charles  A.  Dupee, 
Laurence  C.  Earle, 
David  Fales, 
Trowbridge  B.  Forbush, 
William  M.  R.  French, 
Melville  W.  Fuller, 
William  E.  Furness, 
Frederick  W.  Gookin, 
Charles  A.  Gregory, 
Thomas  W.  Grover, 
Martin  D.  Hardin, 
George  F.  Harding, 
Samuel  S.  Harris, 
Pliny  N.  Haskell, 
Brooke  Herford, 
John  J.  Herrick, 
Homer  N.  Hibbard, 
James  L.  High, 
Charles  Hitchcock, 
Max  Hjortsberg, 
George  Howland, 
Edward  D.  Hosmer, 
James  J.  Hoyt, 
James  A.  Hunt, 
Henry  A.  Huntington, 
James  Nevins  Hyde, 
Edward  S.  I  sham, 
Huntington  W.  Jackson, 
Augustus  Jacobson, 
John  A.  Jameson, 


James  S.  Jewell, 
John  N.  Jewett, 
David  S.  Johnson, 
Hosmer  A.  Johnson, 
H.  Webster  Jones, 
Elbridge  G.  Keith, 
William  H.  King, 
Joseph  Kirkland, 
John  J.  Lalor, 
Edwin  C.  Earned, 
Walter  C.  Earned, 
Bryan  Lathrop, 
Charles  B.  Lawrence, 
Joseph  B.  Leake, 
Robert  T,  Lincoln, 
Henry  D.  Lloyd, 
Reuben  Ludlam, 
Francis  O.  Lyman, 
Ezra  B.  McCagg, 
Alexander  C.  McClurg, 
Samuel  P.  McConnell, 
William  Macdonell, 
Franklin  MacVeagh, 
Benjamin  D.  Magruder, 
Alfred  B.  Mason, 
Edward  G.  Mason, 
Henry  B.  Mason, 
William  Mathews, 
Samuel  M.  Moore, 
Murry  Nelson, 


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James  S.  Norton, 
Ephraim  A.  Otis, 
George  L.  Paddock, 
Robert  W.  Patterson,  Jr. 
Selim  H.  Peabody, 
Emerson  W.  Peet, 
Bronson  Peck,  Jr., 
Abram  M.  Pence, 
Norman  C.  Perkins, 
William  J.  Petrie, 
Josiah  L.  Pickard, 
William  F.  Poole, 
Henry  W.  Raymond, 
John  G.  Rogers, 
John  W.  Root, 
Julius  Rosenthal, 
James  B.  Runnion, 
George  Schneider, 
John  J.  Schobinger, 
jNIoses  L.  Scudder,  Jr., 
Edwin  H.  Sheldon, 
Daniel  L.  Shorey, 
John  G.  Shortall, 


Mark  Skinner, 
Orrin  Skinner, 
Edward  A.  Small, 
Charles  Gilman  Smith, 
Frederick  B.  Smith, 
George  W.  Smith, 
Henry  T.  Steele, 
Edward  S.  Stickney, 
Henry  Strong, 
William  E.  Strong, 
David  Swing, 
John  L.  Thompson, 
Lyman  Trumbull, 
Horatio  L.  Wait, 
Edward  Stanley  Waters, 
Peter  B.  Wight, 
Thomas  F.  Withrow, 
Dudley  P.  Wilkinson, 
John  Wilkinson, 
Edward  F.  Williams, 
Norman  Williams, 
Benjamin  M.  Wilson, 
Arthur  W.  Windett. 


DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


Charles  T.  Adams, 
William  Hull  Clarke, 


William  E.   Doggett, 
Joseph  D,  Webster. 


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